as in solving
to find an answer for through reasoning
a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out
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Recent Examples of figuring out
The effective use, figuring out the right prompting strategy is extremely important for people to understand.
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Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
From here, the team is figuring out the best ways to integrate the necessary additional components without making MIR any larger.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2026
Yet looking back there from here much of the drama was in the slow logic of figuring out how and why.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
For anyone figuring out how to improve gut health, that points right back to those same whole foods.
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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Part of the delight of doing something so intimate is figuring out the scale of your performance.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
And that has everyone figuring out right now how to present the semi-tally on July 8.
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Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
And so, one of the real forefronts in the field right now is figuring out how to solve the delivery problem for all these other tissue types.
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Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
But figuring out what had swallowed the alphaproteobacteria in the first place took a while longer.
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ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
From here, the team is figuring out the best ways to integrate the necessary additional components without making MIR any larger.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 June 2026
Yet looking back there from here much of the drama was in the slow logic of figuring out how and why.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
For anyone figuring out how to improve gut health, that points right back to those same whole foods.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
Part of the delight of doing something so intimate is figuring out the scale of your performance.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
And that has everyone figuring out right now how to present the semi-tally on July 8.
—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
And so, one of the real forefronts in the field right now is figuring out how to solve the delivery problem for all these other tissue types.
—
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
But figuring out what had swallowed the alphaproteobacteria in the first place took a while longer.
—
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for figuring out
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Lawmakers called it a major first step toward solving the housing affordability crisis.
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His work transformed computational biology and drug discovery, earning him and Hassabis Nobel Prizes and cementing DeepMind’s reputation as a lab capable of solving grand scientific challenges.
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In one of his rougher outings of the season, Meyer showed his ability to steady himself in the middle and prevent a game from unraveling, the kind of adversity every starting pitcher is guaranteed to face at some point.
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Soon, the new majorities began unraveling sustainability reporting requirements.
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After that 7-1 loss to Germany, Curaçao was answering questions about its place in the field.
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Think about a teen trying to engage in a meaningful conversation but unable to maintain their parent’s eye contact because the parent is distracted answering texts.
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Recent evidence suggests more retirees are working out of necessity.
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Business Insider reports that the White House and Anthropic are now working out a framework to grade how severe a security flaw in a new model is, and to decide when a flaw warrants stepping in.
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Velo has already handled over 2 million conversations, resolving 72% of customer needs.
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This line is only for resolving issues of ships or possible incidents so that clarification can be made.
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